It's widely recognized that employers and employees need more assistance addressing problems with rising health care costs. Attempts to address the problem are going to require a federal response, not a patchwork of state and local mandates.

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Apprenticeship is a proven model for developing a skilled workforce.

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At the heart of Erisa is the requirement that plan fiduciaries act with an 'eye single' to funding the retirements of plan participants and beneficiaries. This means investment decisions must be based solely on whether they enhance retirement savings, regardless of the fiduciary's personal preferences.

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Political activity by unions is not wrong. It's their First Amendment right.

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Many investors understandably want to do good while also doing well. But the standards for ESG investing are often unclear and sometimes contradictory.

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I've written that there are some workplaces where the best thing you could have for achieving the best terms and conditions of employment will be a labor union. They play an important role.

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Unions and their supporters in Congress claim that when employees vote on whether to unionize, the elections are tainted by employer intimidation. They're wrong.

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Running a business and need more skilled workers? If you're not considering apprenticeships, then you're behind the curve.

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Ergonomists are not physicians - they are engineers - and their medical theories are controversial. Some of the world's leading medical researchers deny that repetitive motion causes injury.

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Financial regulators should be particularly attentive to the financial consequences of their actions.

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The best thing for workers is work, not unemployment.

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Programs funded by the Department of Labor have already opened doors for many Americans to become apprentices, particularly veterans, women and minorities. But government alone cannot equip the American workforce for the jobs of tomorrow. The private sector must lead.

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Community colleges, businesses, trade associations and others have begun to issue a range of their own credentials to certify when a worker has mastered a valuable expertise. Apprenticeships often fill this need perfectly.

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From his first days in the Oval Office, President Trump has prioritized the American worker.

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The H-1B program was never intended to create a pool of foreign labor that displaces Americans' opportunities for good-paying jobs.

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One of the biggest challenges for any new administration is contending with its predecessor's priorities and beginning to advance its own.

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ESG investing often marches under the same banner as 'stakeholder capitalism,' which maintains that corporations owe obligations to a range of constituencies, not only their shareholders.

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ESG investing poses particular concerns under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or Erisa, the federal law governing private retirement plans.

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OSHA's decision to regulate home workplaces reflects the agency's expanding conception of its own mission.

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OSHA was created to regulate jobs that cause injury or illness to workers. Increasingly, though, OSHA sees its purpose as improving the general welfare of working Americans, whether work itself is hazardous or not.

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President Trump was determined to replace NAFTA from the day he took office. It reflected the old way of trade deals in which our partners shirked labor protections while American companies shipped operations and jobs to cheaper foreign locations. Our factories shuttered, our manufacturing shrank, and we grew more dependent on foreign suppliers.

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